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Non-disabled children’s ideas about disability and disabled people

British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2013
This article discusses findings from an Economic and Social Research Council-funded study exploring non-disabled children’s ideas about disability. This represents the first in-depth sociological investigation of children’s ideas about disabled people as members of wider society.
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Memory performance on the Auditory Inference Span Test is independent of background noise type for young adults with normal hearing at high speech intelligibility

Frontiers in Psychology, 2014
Listening in noise is often perceived to be effortful. This is partly because cognitive resources are engaged in separating the target signal from background noise, leaving fewer resources for storage and processing of the content of the message in ...
Niklas eRönnberg, Niklas eRönnberg, Mary eRudner, Mary eRudner, Thomas eLunner, Thomas eLunner, Thomas eLunner, Thomas eLunner, Stefan eStenfelt, Stefan eStenfelt   +9 more
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Report to the COAG Disability Reform Council for Q1 of Y4

, 2016
Introduction A legislative requirement of the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) in the National Disability Insurance (NDIS) Act 2013 ( Section 174 ) is: The Board members must prepare a report on operations of the Agency for each period of 3 ...
National Disability Insurance Agency
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Debating Disability

, 2008
This paper responds to the reviews by Edwards, Holm, Koch, Thomas and Vehmas of Disability Rights and Wrongs (2006). After summarising the recent history of disability studies as a discipline, it explores: the political nature of disability research ...
Shakespeare, T.
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Deaf people's employment and workplaces – similarities and differences in comparison with a reference population

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2010
This study aims to describe and analyze the characteristics of deaf people in employment and their workplaces in Sweden. A population of 2144 people born 1941–80 who attended a school for the deaf was compared to 100,000 randomly chosen individuals from ...
Emelie Rydberg, Lotta Coniavitis Gellerstedt, Berth Danermark   +2 more
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Rights and responsibilities: The Disability Discrimination Act (1995) and adults with learning disabilities

, 2008
The purpose of this research is to examine Part III (access to goods, facilities and services) of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 in relation to people with learning disabilities.
Lerpiniere, Jennifer, Stalker, Kirsten
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Youth and Mentor Experiences of a Disability Inclusive Youth Research Training and Mentorship Programme in Uganda

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
Young persons with disability are often excluded from research, especially in low-income countries. In this study, we evaluated a one-year Disability Inclusive Youth (DIY) training and mentoring programme to build research capacity among Ugandan youths ...
Femke Bannink Mbazzi, Rehema Namaganda, Jane Nansamba, Agnes Ssali, Slivesteri Sande, Elizabeth Shalom Kawesa, Andrew Sentoogo Ssemata, Herbert Muyinda   +7 more
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Disability support services: services provided under the National Disability Agreement 2012-13 [PDF]

, 2014
In 2012–13, Australian governments spent $7.2 billion on disability support services under the National Disability Agreement. More than 312,500 people used services during this time.

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Philosophy Meets Disability

, 2009
The question "what is disability" and its implications are addressed in a new book Arguing about disability: philosophical perspectives, which aims to fill the gap between disability studies and philosophy.
Louhiala, Pekka
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Tjulngula (we are together): tri-state disability strategic framework 2005-2008 for the Ngannyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara (NPY) lands

, 2005
The Tri-State Disability Services Strategic Framework 2005-2008 provides a way to achieve the best possible services for people with disabilities and their families on the NPY Lands.
Tri-State Disability Services Group
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